...Which is exactly why Saddam paid China to upgrade the range and targeting of his scuds - in violation of several treaties, I might add. Also, you are describing conventional war. Saddam is insane, not stupid. He's capable of learning from past mistakes. He is obviously building up his stockpile of unconventional weapons in preparation for an unconventional war.
Yes. Whether he strikes first or he goes out in a "blaze of glory", he is preparing to use the only tactic that has a chance of succeeding. He has so much as said this in the past, that he will inflict enormous pain on his attacker (even if he is himself destroyed in the process). You are right he is insane, and GW is right that his fingers must be removed from the levers of power and destruction.